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ACCOMPANYING 

A  BILL, 


MAKING  CERTAIN 

partial  Appropriations?, 


TOR  THE  YEAR  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED 

AND  TWO, 


PRESENTED  THE  5th  FEBRUARY,  1802. 


WASHINGTON  CITY: 
PRINTED  BY  WILLIAM  DUANE. 


1802. 


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DOCUMENTS,  &e. 


TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 

January  28  th  .1802. 

Sir, 

THE  secretary  of  war  informs  me,  that  in 
order  to  make  timely  provision  for  the  pay  of  the  ar¬ 
my,  it  is  necessary  to  place  in  the  hands  of  the  pay¬ 
master  general,  funds,  exceeding  by  sixty  thousand 
«  dollars,  the  unexpended  balance  of  appropriation  for 
that  object. 

As  it  is  probable  that  the  appropriation  law,  for 
the  support  of  the  military  establishment,  may  not, 
on  account  of  the  alterations  adopted  by  the  house  of 
representatives,  be  prepared  for  some  time,  permit 
me  to  suggest  the  necessity  of  passing,  in  the  mean 
while,  a  short  law,  making  an  appropriation  on  ac¬ 
count,  to  the  amount,  and  for  the  object  above  stated. 
Should  that  mode  be  adopted,  two  small  appropria¬ 
tions,  also  on  account,  might  be  introduced  in  the 
same  bill,  for  the  contingent  expences  of  the  house 
of  representatives,  and  of  the  treasury  department ? 


(  4  .) 

respectively,  for  the  present  year ;  the  appropria- 
tioils'for  those  two  objects,  being  exhausted. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  4 

Very  respectfully. 

Sir,  < 

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Your  obedient  servant, 

ALBERT  GALLATIN. 

The  hon,  John  Randolph,  Jun. 

Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  JVays  and  Means . 

No.  II. 

Sir, 

The  register  of  the  treasury,  under  whose  control 
the  contingent  expences  of  the  department,  and  those 
attending  the  printing  of  the  public  accounts  have  al¬ 
ways  been  placed,  informs,  that  an  appropriation  of 
1,613to7t5  is  wanted  to  make  good  deficiencies  in  rela¬ 
tion  to  the  first  object,  and  another  of  $ 1,400  also  to  \ 
make  good  deficiencies  in  relation  to  the  last  object. 

It  will  appear  by  the  enclosed  report  of  the  auditor, 
that  $  1,361H*  are  actually  due  to  Mr.  Nourse,  for  his 
advances  on  account  of  the  contingent  expences. 
The  $352f£o,  which,  together  with  that  sum,  make  up 
the  whole  deficiency  of  $1,613?  £7  are  due  for  station¬ 
ary.  The  register  informs,  that  the  reason  why  the 
expences  have  exceeded  the  appropriation,  must  be 


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ascribed  to  our  situation  here,  which  is  on  many 
accounts  more  expensive  than  formerly,  and  to  sundry 
articles  of  furniture,  &c,  incident  to  completing  the 
building. 

The  deficiency  in  the  other  article  is  explained  in 
the  enclosed  letter  and  statement  of  the  register. 

The  act  of  2d  March  1799,  has  fixed  the  aggregate 
salaries  of  the  clerks  in  each  office.  It  seems  to  have 
been  intended  by  the  legislature  at  their  last  session, 
to  make  an  allowance  for  additional  clerks  or  compen¬ 
sation  in  the  offices  of  the  accountant  of  the  navy, 
of  the  purveyor  of  public  supplies,  of  the  superin- 
tendant  of  stamps,  and  of  the  commissioner  of  loans 
of  Pennsylvania;  and  an  appropriation  was  accord¬ 
ingly  made.  But  the  words  of  the  appropriation 
clauses  do  not  specify  that  it  is  made  for  additional 
clerks,  or  for  additional  compensation,  as  is  the  case 
in  the  clause  which  gives  15  per  cent. additional  in  the 
four  departments  and  in  the  office  of  the  post-master 
general.  Of  course  the  appropriation  applies  only 
to  the  expence  authorized  by  the  act  of  2d  March 
1799 ;  and  although  larger  than  necessary  to  defray 
that  expence,  does  not  authorize  the  additional  in¬ 
tended  compensation;  in  the  same  manner  as  an  ap¬ 
propriation  of  30,000  dollars  for  the  compensation 
of  the  president,  would  not  alone  authorize  the  pay¬ 
ment  of  a  larger  sum  than  his  salary  as  fixed  by  law. 
It  is,  indeed,  understood,  that  an  appropriation  by 
law  may, as  in  the  case  of  the  15  per  cent,  authorize  the 
expence;  but  then  it  must  be  so  expressly  stated  in 
the  law.  In  this  instance,  the  comptroller  has  not 
thought  himself  justified  in  passing  the  accounts  in 
the  four  offices  above  mentioned,  although  the  ex¬ 
pence  had  actually  been  incurred  ;  and  a  law  is  ne¬ 
cessary  in  order  to  carry  into  effect  the  intention  of 
the  legislature.  The  sums  rejected  in  the  accounts 


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for  that  reason  are  stated  in  the  enclosed  m emo* 
randum, 

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I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

Respectfully, 

Sir, 

-  » 

Your  obedient  servant, 

ALBERT  GALLATIN. 

»  »  ■  ?• 

Tk  easury  Department, 

Jan.  25 tb,  1802. 

»  .. 

John  Randolph,  Esq. 

Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means . 

f  •.'  iff  ;  ^ 

No.  III. 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
Register’s  Office,  22 d  January,  1802, 

Sir, 

FROM  an  examination  of  the  appropria¬ 
tions  of  monies  for  printing  the  public  accounts,  it 
appears  by  a  statement,  to  which  I  beg  leave  to  refer, 
that  there  is  a  deficiency  in  former  appropriations, and 
that  the  sum  of  one  thousand  four  hundred  dollars, 
remains  to  be  estimated  for  the  year  1801,  and  also 


(  7  ) 

^6  make  good  certain  deficiencies  which  have  arisen, 
in  six  annual  former  appropriations  for  this  object,, 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir, 

*  / 

Your  most  obedient, 

And  most  humble  servant^ 

JOSEPH  NOURSE, 

Hon..  Albert  Gallatin, 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury* 


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of  the  offices  of  the  Treasury 
the  United  States ,  Cr. 


Dols.  Cts. 

s  expenditures  from  the 
r,  1801,  to  the  14th  Jan- 
)r  the  contingent  expon¬ 
ent  offices  of  the  Trea- 

cretary  of  the  Treasury, 
salary  of  the  translator, 
iguages,  for  the  quarter 
.st  December,  1801,  84 

)mptr oiler  -  -  23  55 

uditor,  -  -  -  5  53 

mmissioner  of  theReve- 

248  50 

gister,  -  308  59 

es,  sreneral  to  the  De- 

1,619  17 


Dollars,  2,289  34 


1 6th,  1802, 

FERRAL. 


No,  V. 


Dr.  Joseph  Nourse ,  agent  for  pay  mg  the  contingent  expences  of  the  offices  of  the  Treasury 
Department . 

In  account  current  with  the  United  States ,  Cr. 


To  balance  due  by  him,  per  report 
No.  12,875,  - 

Balance  due  Joseph  Nourse, 


Dols.  Cts. 

928  17 
1361  17 


Dollars,  2,289  34 


Dols.  Cts. 


By  amount  of  his  expenditures  from  the 
1st  of  October,  1801,  to  the  14th  Jan¬ 
uary,  1802,  for  the  contingent  expen¬ 
ces  of  the  different  offices  of  the  Trea¬ 
sury,  viz. 

Office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
including  the  salary  of  the  translator, 
of  foreign  languages,  for  the  quarter 


84 


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55 

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53 

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Sundry  expences,  general 

to  the  De- 

partment, 

1,619 

17 

Dollars, 

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34 

AUDITOR’S  OFFICE,  January  16  th,  1802, 


P.  FERRAL* 


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No.  VI. 


The  following  are  the  offices  in  which  the  ex¬ 
penditures  for  Clerk-hire,  ff'or  the  year  1801, 
appear  to  have  exceeded  the  sums  allowed  by 
law  for  that  purpose. 


Accountant  of  the  navy, 
Purveyor  of  public  supplies, 
Superintendant  of  stamps. 
Commissioner  of  loans,  Pen. 


excess,  1,900  31 

do.  700 

do.  377  78 

do.  1,500 


In  respect  to  all  those  offices  however,  the  appro¬ 
priations  were  ample,  though  by  reason  of  the  limita¬ 
tion  contained  in  the  act  of  the  2d  March  1799,  they 
could  not  be  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  they 
were  apparently  designed. 


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